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THE 50 GREATEST SCAMS IN HISTORY: The Most Incredible Financial, Artistic, and Historical Deceptions Ever Devised (The Crime Archive, Band 3) - Softcover
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hat makes an intelligent person believe an impossible story?
A nonexistent country sold to settlers. The Eiffel Tower offered to a scrap metal dealer. Forged masterpieces authenticated by celebrated experts. Financial empires built on imaginary profits. A cryptocurrency worth billions that had no real blockchain behind it.
The 50 Greatest Scams in History explores fifty extraordinary cases of fraud, deception, forgery, speculation, and corporate manipulation from around the world.
From Charles Ponzi and Bernard Madoff to Enron, Theranos, OneCoin, the South Sea Bubble, the forged Hitler diaries, and the phantom fortune of Ivar Kreuger, these stories reveal how some of history’s most audacious schemes were created, promoted, and finally exposed.
Yet this is not simply a collection of clever criminals and gullible victims.
Many of those deceived were bankers, investors, scientists, journalists, collectors, government officials, and experienced professionals. The greatest scams succeeded because they exploited something deeper than ignorance: ambition, prestige, fear of missing out, trust in authority, and the powerful desire to believe that an exceptional opportunity had finally arrived.
Inside this book, you will discover:
- How Charles Ponzi turned a minor postal loophole into a financial legend
- Why investors financed an entire country that did not exist
- How a Dutch painter fooled museums, collectors, and Hermann Göring
- How Enron and WorldCom concealed enormous financial losses
- Why respected experts authenticated forged fossils, sculptures, diaries, and paintings
- How Theranos attracted powerful investors without a working technology
- How OneCoin persuaded millions of people to buy a cryptocurrency that was never truly decentralized
- Why even experienced professionals can ignore obvious warning signs
These stories are astonishing, sometimes darkly amusing, and often deeply unsettling. Above all, they show that the most convincing lie is rarely completely false. It usually begins with one authentic detail, surrounded by confidence, paperwork, prestige, and a promise too attractive to examine closely.
For readers interested in history, financial fraud, famous con artists, business scandals, art crime, speculative bubbles, and the psychology of deception.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. hat makes an intelligent person believe an impossible story? A nonexistent country sold to settlers. The Eiffel Tower offered to a scrap metal dealer. Forged masterpieces authenticated by celebrated experts. Financial empires built on imaginary profits. A cryptocurrency worth billions that had no real blockchain behind it. The 50 Greatest Scams in History explores fifty extraordinary cases of fraud, deception, forgery, speculation, and corporate manipulation from around the world. From Charles Ponzi and Bernard Madoff to Enron, Theranos, OneCoin, the South Sea Bubble, the forged Hitler diaries, and the phantom fortune of Ivar Kreuger, these stories reveal how some of history's most audacious schemes were created, promoted, and finally exposed. Yet this is not simply a collection of clever criminals and gullible victims.Many of those deceived were bankers, investors, scientists, journalists, collectors, government officials, and experienced professionals. The greatest scams succeeded because they exploited something deeper than ignorance: ambition, prestige, fear of missing out, trust in authority, and the powerful desire to believe that an exceptional opportunity had finally arrived. Inside this book, you will discover: How Charles Ponzi turned a minor postal loophole into a financial legendWhy investors financed an entire country that did not existHow a Dutch painter fooled museums, collectors, and Hermann GoeringHow Enron and WorldCom concealed enormous financial lossesWhy respected experts authenticated forged fossils, sculptures, diaries, and paintingsHow Theranos attracted powerful investors without a working technologyHow OneCoin persuaded millions of people to buy a cryptocurrency that was never truly decentralizedWhy even experienced professionals can ignore obvious warning signsWritten in a clear, engaging, and thoroughly researched style, The 50 Greatest Scams in History combines financial history, true crime, art forgery, scientific hoaxes, corporate scandals, and human psychology. These stories are astonishing, sometimes darkly amusing, and often deeply unsettling. Above all, they show that the most convincing lie is rarely completely false. It usually begins with one authentic detail, surrounded by confidence, paperwork, prestige, and a promise too attractive to examine closely. For readers interested in history, financial fraud, famous con artists, business scandals, art crime, speculative bubbles, and the psychology of deception. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798190059113
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. hat makes an intelligent person believe an impossible story? A nonexistent country sold to settlers. The Eiffel Tower offered to a scrap metal dealer. Forged masterpieces authenticated by celebrated experts. Financial empires built on imaginary profits. A cryptocurrency worth billions that had no real blockchain behind it. The 50 Greatest Scams in History explores fifty extraordinary cases of fraud, deception, forgery, speculation, and corporate manipulation from around the world. From Charles Ponzi and Bernard Madoff to Enron, Theranos, OneCoin, the South Sea Bubble, the forged Hitler diaries, and the phantom fortune of Ivar Kreuger, these stories reveal how some of history's most audacious schemes were created, promoted, and finally exposed. Yet this is not simply a collection of clever criminals and gullible victims.Many of those deceived were bankers, investors, scientists, journalists, collectors, government officials, and experienced professionals. The greatest scams succeeded because they exploited something deeper than ignorance: ambition, prestige, fear of missing out, trust in authority, and the powerful desire to believe that an exceptional opportunity had finally arrived. Inside this book, you will discover: How Charles Ponzi turned a minor postal loophole into a financial legendWhy investors financed an entire country that did not existHow a Dutch painter fooled museums, collectors, and Hermann GoeringHow Enron and WorldCom concealed enormous financial lossesWhy respected experts authenticated forged fossils, sculptures, diaries, and paintingsHow Theranos attracted powerful investors without a working technologyHow OneCoin persuaded millions of people to buy a cryptocurrency that was never truly decentralizedWhy even experienced professionals can ignore obvious warning signsWritten in a clear, engaging, and thoroughly researched style, The 50 Greatest Scams in History combines financial history, true crime, art forgery, scientific hoaxes, corporate scandals, and human psychology. These stories are astonishing, sometimes darkly amusing, and often deeply unsettling. Above all, they show that the most convincing lie is rarely completely false. It usually begins with one authentic detail, surrounded by confidence, paperwork, prestige, and a promise too attractive to examine closely. For readers interested in history, financial fraud, famous con artists, business scandals, art crime, speculative bubbles, and the psychology of deception. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798190059113
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